A Few Helpful Hints

Here are a few things I have picked up as life lessons from watching Doctor Who:

-Not all alien planets have quarries, but most alien planets look like quarries

-Being good at math does not guarantee that you will live a long life

-Not all people with hair like Rick James are logic computing robots from the future

-Sometimes screaming your head off DOES actually defeat the monsters

-If you find a severed stone hand with bling, don't hold it

 -Most corridors look the same and are endless

 -Having big boobs and wearing a bikini will generally always get you noticed

-If you see someone who looks exactly like you, there is a distinct possibility that person is either:
   an evil megalomaniac dopple-ganger intent on taking over the world,
   an android,
   an alien copy,
   a plastic mannequin imbued with an alien life-force,
   or an exact copy of you that has been regenerated from a severed body part

And probably the most important thing
 
-If a ventriloquist dummy carries a knife, moves on its own and contains a pig's heart... get the hell out of there.

Bill

What I found in the Blog today....

To add to our continuing banter about the Seeds of Death and the Seeds of Doom....

The version of the Seeds of Death that Bill just received was originally issued on DVD in 2004.

The BBC just released a Special Edition with a fresh cleaning of the video for pristine picture quality and loads of extras.

Of course this is 8 years after the original DVD release.

At this rate, Bill will get the Special Edition DVD in the year 2020.

Let's take a moment to think about that.

In the year 2020, besides having flying cars, Bill will be as old as Doctor Who is this year and I will still be younger. :p

But I digress....

On to the K9 debate!

Yes, I was not fond of the new K9 program. I do think his new design is fine.

Not to sure about the ears though. And I have thought of getting the new toy.

(Christmas is only 6 months away, hint hint).

But it's like comparing the new Cylons to the old Cylons. The classics are CLASSIC!

While the new models are cool and the flesh models are very... fleshy, there's something about the original that is a timeless classic.

I just hope that next step in K9's evolution is not a flesh covered android with a tail that glows red!

Of course in the year 2020, we might be able to get a fleshy new model for ourselves! :)

What I found in the post box today(which is NOT bigger on the inside)

Today when I got home from work I was greeted by two packages containing Doctor Who items. First off, after our discussions of Seeds of Death and Seeds of Doom, I decided to buy Seeds of Death.

I will most likely watch this on my next day off. So thank you for bringing it to my attention

The other item that I received was a toy/action figure of everyone's favorite mechanical dog
K-9...though this version is not the normal Doctor Who version of the pup, its from the Australian children's show.
Same dog,(well, sort of, there have actually been a number of versions or "marks" of K-9) just different adventures.

I know that you(Michael) don't like the show-as you say "this is not MY K-9" but you have to admit the figure is pretty cool. He will look good hanging around with the other K-9 in my collection.

I know that this doesn't really count much as a blog, I should probably discuss K-9 a bit or the various adventures that he has had, but I just felt like sending out a simple and quick "Here are some toys that I got" blog.

-Bill

Taxing the Memory for Titles

After all the confusion with the Seeds of Death and the Seeds of Doom, I thought I'd make a little cheat sheet to help prevent any more confusion with our Doctor Who titles. :)

·      The Curse of Peladon is not the same curse as the Curse of Fenric

·      The Time Meddler is not a Time Warrior or a Time Monster

·      Terror of the Autons is not the Terror of theZygons and nor the Reign of Terror or even the Macra Terror

·      The Planet of the Giants is not the TenthPlanet, the Web Planet, the Planet of the Daleks, the Planet of the Spiders, the Planet of Evil, the Pirate Planet, or the Planet of Fire

·      The Space Museum is not on the Wheel in Space, has Space Pirates, a Spearhead from Space, from a Colony in Space, on the Frontier inSpace, or near the Ark in Space

·      The Ark is not the Ark in Space although it is in space and it’s an ark

·      The War Machines were not in the War Games

·      The Time Warrior and the Warriors of the Deep did not go to Warrior’s Gate

·      The Power of the Daleks is not the same power as the Power of Kroll (AC/DC)

·      The Evil of the Daleks, the Mind of Evil, the Planet of Evil, and the Face of Evil are all the same kind of evil, so says the Devil (not Sea Devils)

·      The Hand of Fear did not get caught in the Web of Fear

·      The Mind Robber stole the Mind of Evil

·      From Death comes the Seeds of, the Ambassadors of, the Green, the Robots of, and the City of

·      The Three Doctors, the Five Doctors and the TwoDoctors are all the same Doctor

·      The Invasion is not the same invasion as The Dalek Invasion of Earth, the Invasion of the Dinosaurs, the Android Invasion, or even the Invasion of Time

·      The Monster of Peladon is not a Time Monster and is not in the Carnival of Monsters

·      The Invisible Enemy is not the Enemy of the World, or is it?

·      Mark of the Rani and Time & The Rani are the same Rani, different hair-do

·      The Greatest Show in the Galaxy is not in Galaxy4

·      Dragonfire is not on the Planet of Fire

Which incarnation am I in? I can't seem to remember...

                             Ben and Polly look on as the Doctor peruses through his diary




Our daily communications are texts of few words in them. Normally these texts are Doctor Who related in one way or another, be it a thought about a story that has passed, information on breaking news or that one or the other of us is watching an episode.
When I say few words, I don't mean to say that we text one or two words each and then are done for the day, quite the opposite actually. It's one or two words, send, reply, one or two words.
Lather, Rinse and Repeat
This will go on for hours, or for the whole day.

These texts will often highlight the one factor of my personality that is a constant and that has become a running joke between the two of us over the years.

My memory...
or should I say my complete lack of memory.

Basically, my memory is about as good as a TARDIS with a screen door hurtling through the Space Time Vortex.

Case in point, tonight's text was about Seeds of Death.
You texted me that you were watching it.

"I'm sowing my Seeds of Death" you texted.

some texting with inappropriate content occurs.

"Dirty Krynoid" is what I text back

"Seeds of Death are Ice Warriors" you reply Because I have confused Seeds of Death with Seeds of Doom.

I make another inappropriate comment in regard to a character named Toberman

"That's Tomb of the Cybermen dear" you reply

"Crack open and Ice Cold Warrior " I reply

"Sam Elliot" you say

"Thats the one with the soap bubbles right?" I text to clarify things

"yup" you agree.

Sadly, It takes me a few tries to get it right, yeah, I always confuse the two stories Seeds of Death and Seeds of Doom...not because the stories are similar, its just because I can't ever remember which story is which. This time, I added the extra bonus of throwing a 3rd story into the mix to confuse myself even further.

The interjection of Sam Elliot is just your way of commenting that my memory is faulty. Inside joke to this is that we were once, a long time ago, speaking of a movie. I couldn't remember the actors name in it. I couldn't remember if he was Sam Elliot or Sam Neill. Speaking about this now, I can't remember if we were talking about the Hulk with Sam Elliot playing General Ross, or about Event Horizon with Same Neil(I had to look up the name of the S.N. movie while typing this because shockingly, I couldn't remember the name of it)

Perhaps I should start keeping a diary, it worked for the Doctor, he was able to reflect back into his 500 year diary to check things out. At 41 I sure wish I could remember more. At this rate, I most likely won't remember a thing by the time I get to my next regeneration.

Time and tide melt the snowman
oops, I mean, time will tell.

At least I know I will have you there to point out my mistakes of the mind, either by giving me the information I need... or by smartly and smugly just uttering
"Sam Elliot" to me

-Bill

                                                Seeds of Doom, Color, 1970's, 4th Doctor 

                                          Seeds of Death, Black & White, 1960's 2nd Doctor

                                 Tomb of the Cybermen, Black & White, 1960's, 2nd Doctor


Yeah, they may both have the words "Seeds"in the title, but they are nothing alike and are years apart. I am going to stress that since I was being clever and inappropriate with my text about the character of Toberman, I just got mixed up...since they were both 2nd Doctor stories and were both in B&W.

That's my story and I am sticking with it, for at least as long as I can remember
-B

Good Companions

It's a wonderful surprise when a good, faithful companion drops in for a quick journey through time & space. Despite the adversity and tribulations of day to day life, sometimes the best tonic is a quick jaunt in the TARDIS for an adventure. And even though those companions can occasionally fall asleep on my Couch of Slumber, the time spent together does my hearts good. I wish we had more time. :)

Patrolled by Happiness

Michael
So, even though this was a tough weekend, I was able to spend a short time with you and we were able to watch a bit of Doctor Who. I guess its sort of ironic, or maybe it was planned, that we ended up watching The Happiness Patrol.
 I had to deal with a bunch of crap that was frustrating and irritating and you have had a really tough week and are not necessarily at your best either.
So, we pick a story that shows the Doctor and Ace landing on a planet where Happiness is enforced under penalty of death. In a change of pace, the Doctor is fighting to allow the populace the chance at being miserable, unhappy, sad or depressed.

Ha! apparently he had already gotten to un-oppress us and give us that option.

It was comforting to know that getting breakfast, albeit a late one, and then going back to your apt to just sit in front of the tv and watch an episode of Who together was what I needed at that time.

Sitting on your sleep inducing couch, occasionally conversing about what was happening on the screen, was a great way to end the weekend before the drive back to the Cape.

Thank you

Bill
As Helen A says "Happiness shall prevail"